The Eaglecrest Raptors will head out on the road to challenge the Cherokee Trail Cougars at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eaglecrest is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
Eaglecrest put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Overland 9-0. Given Eaglecrest's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 17th, while Overland is ranked 73rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Cherokee Trail was not quite Regis Jesuit's equal in the second half on Saturday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Cherokee Trail couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ayanna Mackey, which was the first she's scored this season.
Eaglecrest pushed their record up to 7-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those five contests. As for Cherokee Trail, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4-1.
Eaglecrest came up short against Cherokee Trail when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Eaglecrest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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